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H. MODE 0? FASTENING M P LYN T. ETAL ROOFING T0 BUILDINGS Patented Oct. 28, 1884.

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FLYNT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO DUDLEY H. FLYNT AND CHARLES E. WAGNER, BOTH OFSAME PLACE.

MODE OF FASTENING METAL ROOFING TO BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,109, dated October 28, 1884.

Application filed May 2, 1884. (No model.)

To CLZZ'YUYI/OIIZ/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY FLYN'r, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have in vented an Improvement in the Art of Fast- 5 ening Metal Roofs to Buildings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a secure and safe fastening for fastening tin and iron roofs to buildings, to be used especially in sections of country that are subject to the ravages of high Winds and tornadoes; and it I consists in providing extra fastenings in the form of staples or hooks that are driven through the roofing at the joints thereof into the wood sheeting, and clinched or otherwise fastened upon the under side, this in addition to the usual fastening anchors and nails. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are sectional views of roof-joints, in which is shown the manner of applying my improved fastening, and also the different forms thereof. Fig. 6 shows a portion of roofing that is jointed, and has one edge, S, turned downward to form the drip. R represents the fastenings, and A the sheets. Fig. 7 is a section of Fig. 6, in which A rep resents the wood sheeting, in which are driven the barbed fastenings R, which same hold the standing jointed roofing A securely in position.

In Fig. 1 the sheeting A has the sheets attached thereto by means of the usual nailed anchor, and a common staple, C, the sharpened pointL of which may be securely clinched, as shown by the dotted lines.

In Fig. 2 the sheets I) are held in place by I the usual anchor, and a stirrup, E, that is screw-threaded upon each end and provided with nuts and washers M.

Fig. 3 represents the sheets as fixed to the sheeting A by means of a drivinghook, G, and in Fig. 4 the standing joint of the sheets H is kept in position by means of the staple K, the extremities N of which are barbed or otherwise roughened for locking them within the sheeting A.

The fastenings may be applied to other fastening, consisting of n-shaped stirrups or staples pointed or screw-threaded at the ends, and adapted to be driven or let through the sheets over the seams into the sheeting beneath and securely locked in such position, substantially as herein shown and described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY FLYNI.

' Witnesses:

IIENRY 1). ASHLEY, RAYMOND JENKINS.

forms of roofing, and, as in Fig. 5, the staple metal roofing, the herein-described safetyiJi 

